Thread: John Cleese pulls out of Cambridge Union event (new video) over ‘woke rules’
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Old 11-11-2021, 06:15 PM #25
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Originally Posted by Liam- View Post
The guy still has free speech, he’s just not allowed to use it in that specific setting anymore, if he wants to go around and do Hitler Impressions elsewhere then he can, freedom of speech isn’t freedom of consequences, he was invited somewhere, they didn’t like what he did, he won’t be invited back, that’s normal no?

I’ll refrain on the ‘rubbish the comedy icon’ thing because, it’s clearly a matter of opinion.
I personally am not into the Hitler jokes tbh, but I don't think people should be banned from places for making those jokes.

Imo it's a slippery slope when we start censoring jokes because we don't like them.
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